Stock S60v3 phones can be considered extremely safe: the tiny virus “epidemies” hyped by hysteric buffet journalists have been made almost impossible by a mechanism known as application signing.
Nevertheless, the folks at Kaspersky’s don’t give up easily: their latest S60 security tool is called Kaspersky Mobile Security Enterprise Edition. However, the program now seems to actually do something useful - it contains the following features alongside with the (useless) virus scanner:
- a firewall
- an SMS spam scanner
- a phone tracker which keeps you updated on the installed SIM and phone number
- remote wipe
If the program would include some sort of access restriction, this program could be considered a one-fits-all solution. As it stands now, the program definitely is much more useful - but will probably cost much more than purchasing the individual components from ISVs would…
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